[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a case report].

O Cubero-Menéndez; D Cubero-Rego

PubMed · 14997458

[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a case report].

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INTRODUCTION: Infections of the central nervous system by free-living amoeba are a rare phenomenon around the world. They present as a necrotising haemorrhagic acute meningoencephalitis, with a fatality rate close to 100% or as granulomatous amoebic encephalitis with a chronic progression. CASE REPORT: We describe a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis produced by Naegleria fowleri in an 8-year-old child, with a history of immersion in a freshwater reservoir 52 hours before death. CONCLUSION: Laboratory studies carried out before death did not enable a diagnosis to be reached while the patient was alive. Diagnosis was made in the course of the post-mortem examination, where the presence of amoeba trophozoites was identified.

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O Cubero-Menéndez, D Cubero-Rego. [Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a case report].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14997458/

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